NHL Picks & Predictions for Sunday, January 31, 2010

Last Updated on January 31, 2010 11:00 am by drew

Sunday’s NHL Picks

Along with key trends for each game, our team of writers and handicappers hand out their picks and predictions for Sunday, January 31, 2010 in the NHL.

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Detroit Red Wings at

Pittsburgh
Penguins, 12:35PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 13-16 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus

DETROIT
since 1996

DETROIT is 16-13-1 straight up against

PITTSBURGH
since 1996

15 of 27 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+1.8 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 7-8 (+1.8 Units) against the spread versus

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

DETROIT is 8-7-0 straight up against

PITTSBURGH
over the last 3 seasons 

9 of 13 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.8 Units)

All games played at

PITTSBURGH
since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 8-7 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus

DETROIT
since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 8-7-0 straight up against

DETROIT
since 1996

8 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.3 Units)

Games played at

PITTSBURGH
over the last 3 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 4-3 (+0.9 Units) against the spread versus

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

PITTSBURGH is 4-3-0 straight up against

DETROIT
over the last 3 seasons 

3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.0 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Pittsburgh
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View Matchup | Best Line: -155 Brobury Sports

Tampa
Bay Lightning at

Washington
Capitals, 3:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

WASHINGTON is 48-31 (+13.0 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

WASHINGTON is 48-30-1 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

42 of 73 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+8.9 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

WASHINGTON is 13-3 (+9.8 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

WASHINGTON is 13-3-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

9 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.7 Units)

All games played at

WASHINGTON
since 1996

WASHINGTON is 25-13 (+8.3 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

WASHINGTON is 25-13-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
since 1996

22 of 37 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+6.1 Units)

Games played at

WASHINGTON
over the last 3 seasons.

WASHINGTON is 6-1 (+4.8 Units) against the spread versus

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

WASHINGTON is 6-1-0 straight up against

TAMPA
BAY
over the last 3 seasons 

5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.9 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Washington
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View Matchup | Best Line: -250 Brobury Sports

New York Islanders at

Florida
Panthers, 4:05PM ET

All games in this series since 1996

NY ISLANDERS is 28-27 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus

FLORIDA
since 1996


FLORIDA
is 25-24-6 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

28 of 52 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+3.1 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons


FLORIDA
is 8-3 (+4.7 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 


FLORIDA
is 8-3-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

6 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.2 Units)

All games played at

FLORIDA
since 1996


FLORIDA
is 16-11 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS since 1996


FLORIDA
is 14-7-6 straight up against NY ISLANDERS since 1996

14 of 25 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.5 Units)

Games played at

FLORIDA
over the last 3 seasons.


FLORIDA
is 5-0 (+5.0 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 


FLORIDA
is 5-0-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons 

3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.6 Units)

NHL Free Pick:

Florida
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View Matchup | Best Line: -165 Brobury Sports

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Posted: 1/31/10 11:00AM ET